If you have to create your users from scratch, as opposed to "migrating" them, the ldapuseradd script I posted may greatly assist you in that. The script is somewhat old, so it may require a few changes to work with the newer LDAP server version (I haven't used it for quite some time, so I'm not really sure).
As you may or may not have noticed, I am using Outlook. I have a "directory service" account set up for my local LDAP server. When I compose a new message, Outlook will query the LDAP server to find the e-mail address of the person whose name I enter into the "To:" field. It does this via the "mail" attribute. I created my initial LDAP entries by manually composing an LDIF file and importing that into the LDAP server. Here's my "record" in the LDAP server, from the LDIF file (some information blocked out, of course): [snip] dn: cn=Jeremy Gaddis,ou=People,dc=gaddis,dc=org cn: Jeremy Gaddis objectclass: person objectclass: organizationalPerson objectclass: inetOrgPerson facsimiletelephonenumber: +1 812 555 5555 postaladdress: PO Box 123 streetaddress: 123 Any Street l: Mitchell st: Indiana postalcode: 47446 telephonenumber: +1 812 555 5555 mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] givenname: Jeremy sn: Gaddis [snip] Also, if you use the right entries (which I didn't), you can also use Start -> Find -> People in Windows to query the LDAP server (instead of the local Contacts database) and Windows will show the person's name, address, phone numbers, etc. in the appropriate fields. I can't give you any information regarding Evolution as I don't use it, but I assume the setup is probably very similar, since Evolution aims to be an Outlook "clone". HTH, j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.gaddis.org> > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Isotton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:37 AM > To: Jeremy Gaddis > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Debian and LDAP > > > > On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 03:09, Jeremy Gaddis wrote: > > I've attached two Perl scripts which may or may not > > come through. One is the LDAP-aware version of > > useradd, the other the LDAP-aware version of passwd. > > If they don't come through, let me know and I'll > > send them privately. > > > > You don't have to create all the accounts manually, > > there are "migration tools" to help complete this task. > > IIRC, http://www.padl.org/ has some scripts. > > Well, I don't have to "migrate" users, I still have to create them. > (It's an all new infrastructure). > > > As for a user being a member of multiple groups, > > the groups go into a separate organizational unit > > ("ou=groups", usually), and each user that is a member > > of this group is included under this, "member: username", > > IIRC. > > > > HTH. > > > > j. > > Thank you (and all the others who answered). Your help is very > appreciated. > > Another question: programs like Evolution and Outlook allow > one use an > LDAP directory as backend for Contacts. Which entries are > used exactly > for all that? > > Aaron Isotton [ http://www.isotton.com ] -- Robustness, adj.: Never having to say you're sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
